Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-01
had to wait long, the business was ris Ky
one, and occasionally he met with

had to wait long, the business was ris Ky
one, and occasionally he met with q
severe reverse.
The most notable IL staDr,. OF thi- glnd
was ia connection W, tHe st;tEp. 20
p. under bank or t.s west elIe OF 1As
city. Grady l2oAed carefully into the
matter and 7as fully persuaded OF its
feasibility. The building adjoining the
bank wss TO let, and ne fitted it up as s
saloon.
Ii was frst-clsss establishment, and
il order TO Jul any possible suspicious il
was operated for nearly year before any
effort was made to get into the bank
The machinery used for this purpose was
no mere ordinary kit of burglars tools,
out steam engine and drill of ten-horse
power. The necessity for this lay in the
fact thst the back Of the vault was pro
tecteQ by q granite wall three feet thick,
through which it was Indispensable to
drive hole large eluCgt % admit :
mans ludT.
Saturday. tie eth OF June. 1871, vas s
holiday, snC IS this would give the bur
glars from ! idGy night till Monday morc-
ing for their work the enterprise was set
for thst date. Tie engine was placed in
the Basement CT the EIgdth avenue oyster
loCss, ana was set in motion soOn otter
closing hours. al IVES going well. and
there was e. eCy prospect that the iC0
would be tn:she6 IL ample season, when
6 most annoying cortreJenps occurred.
Z policemen with an acute sense Of heSr-
inc snd IN inCUiring mind happened 10
stroll past the bank, and was attracted
by 8 singular nummiIg o. buzzing noise
proceeding from the bowels Of the earth
He pEused, listened, specialized. and
finely located the mystery as somewhere
IL the depths OF the fashionable SAIGON
With lack Of delicaCY which cannot be
too strongly Teprobated this man knocked
ct the door Of the saloon and de-
msnded sdmittanCe; and falling TO obtain
it, be had the bad taste to raise such s
connection thst the operators of the en-
CINE felt It due 70 their self-respecf to
leave the building by way OF & door in
the rear. eli got away but two, who
were overtaken and persuaded to &C
comp any the officers to the station. Il is
said the bank never made any offer 10 re
imcurss Mr. Grady for the outlay which
bGG thus been rendered abortlve, apG
which is believed to have amounted to
between $40, 5000 and $4,000. Bank
directors, like other corporations, have
no souls.
10 spite OF losses and vicissitudes, how
e. eT, ! ohm u, Grady grew to be wealthy
man and 3 power in his own circle. The
most eminent operators in the profession
were his henchmen and supporters: they
made him the COnfdapt of the most
sacred meditaton5 of their hearts, de
ferreG to him, borrowed of him and sWure
By him. He knew all other mems COUn-
sells, but no other man knew his; his was
the agency whereby all undertakings were
rendered possible, but it was as invisible
rs il vas effective. 1t is estimated that he
might, had he teen SO minded, have filed
Gn entire wing OF the public establish
mept ct Sing Sing with Involuntary Occu-
pants. It Is Interesting to note, by
the way, that by a quaint coin
ciGenCe Big Jim who was no other
than the jim Brady VINO played the sub
ordinate part in the little drama recently
allud, q 70 again came into collision with
mis- old opponent. and came near being
betrayed into serious breach OF good
manners. The two gentlemen disagreed
on business question. Mr.. Brady had
taken fancy to the contents of an Out-of-
town banking concern, and Mr. Grady
had advanced him ST., 900 towards carry
ING out his designs. But unexpected
complications occurred, and $1,000 more
were needed to put the scheme on pay
ing basis. Mr.. Grady, however, had be
gun to lose faith in the enterprise; he fat
IY refused to put up another cert. Mr..
BIsdY's c. sgrin at this 0issppointmentwss
so keen that, in tie effervescence of the
mn hn HTau Oltrar fro ~
POCKET end, pointing = st his inter
lOcptor's toreheed, proposed to him the
alternative of either producing the cash
or dispensing with his brains. AS Mr..
Gvsdy had no wish to be considered pig
headed ne embraced the former horn OF
the dilemma; but the incident caused
both parties to feel hurt, and Mr.. BradY's
subsequent withdrawal from public life,
after GAvirg attempted TO rid the COM
munity OF policeman, prevented their
former cordial relations from ever being
resumed.
That the diamond merchant haG z
Weakness-a tender tOible-has been el-
ready intimsted in former part of this
narrative; but from the msi ority Of these
shy romences it is unnecessary TO with
draw the veil. Grady had warm blood in
his veins. 6nd it circulated vigorously; he
had healthy appetite, sound sleep, and
bright eye. In addition 10 these Quail
acatioRs for appreciatiDg the gentler sex,
It Is probable that this man, who vss
known il the cold world OF afairs ss
"Old Supers and Slsugs, "-recordice
fgurstive expressions, having reference
TO his trsde-that gen!sl John, say, felt
c yesTni1g in his nature for those tender
r,-+--eTies and soft caiolements, those
sweet q, noes, snd that ripping laughter,
which we've az w set could compensate him
for the stern career Of a gtvand self-GeniGl
tc which he was too exclus..' c4y CuIn,
United. In the latter his intellect ana
his harshe- traits were alone fnvOlveG
There remained that large tropic region
OF his character which cried aloud for
sympathy end which protested against
the stunning enc hardening influence Of
merely mundane avocstions. Il is pa
thetic to reject tnet lovely women should
so lnade uetelY lave appreciated their
privileges a1d opportunities as to use
them and him for the qualification of
low anC selfish cravings. But such is
the ironic peTVersity Of life; and John,
whose strong social sptitudes snG broad
tolerance world have suficed to make
any woman hGppy vile. was condemned
to lonely existence, the brilliant out
ward success Of which only served to
render more poignant its deficiencies on
the domestic SIDE
Still, ne Clung 10 the SCI with touch
ing persistence Ee must have EpoWn
that they were deceiyers; but ne chose
rather to be deceived Gncn stsryeG. and